[hpc-announce] Call for Posters: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Fog Computing

[Valeria Cardellini]

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ICFC 2020: Call For Posters

2020 IEEE International Conference on Fog Computing (ICFC 2020)
April 21-24, 2020 - Sydney, Australia
https://sites.google.com/view/icfc2020/
Co-located with CPS-IoT Week (https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cpsiot/cpsweek2020/)
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Important Dates
* Poster submission deadline: February 8, 2020 (AoE)
* Notification: February 17, 2020
* Conference: April 21-24, 2020


Scope
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The 2020 IEEE International Conference on Fog Computing (ICFC 2020), colocated with the CPS-IoT Week 2020 in Sydney, April 21-24, 2020, welcomes posters that articulate research challenges, work in progress, and application showcases of fog computing. 
The poster session is meant to introduce new or ongoing work and provide opportunities for authors to interact directly with conference attendees. 
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* System architecture for fog computing
* Coordination between cloud, fog, and sensing/actuation endpoints
* Connectivity, storage, and computation in the edge
* Data processing and management for fog computing
* Efficient and embedded AI in the fog
* System and network manageability
* Middleware and coordination platforms
* Power, energy, and resource management
* Device and hardware support for fog computing
* Programming models, abstractions, and software engineering for fog computing
* Security, privacy, and ethics issues related to fog computing
* Theoretical foundations and formal methods for fog computing systems
* Applications and practical experiences


Poster Guidelines and Submission
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Poster papers are limited to 2 pages, and the title must start with "Poster:". 

Submitted poster papers must be PDF files in IEEE two column format. 
Please refer to IEEE proceedings templates (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html) for templates and complete formatting instructions. 
Submissions do not have to be blind, i.e., by omitting author names or affiliations. 

Poster papers should be submitted at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icfc2020.

The poster paper will be evaluated based on technical merit, innovation, and the potential to stimulate lively discussions at the conference. 
Accepted poster papers will appear in the conference proceedings. 
At least one author of each accepted poster paper must register and present the poster at the conference.

Please visit ICFC website at https://sites.google.com/view/icfc2020/call-for-posters for more information.


Organization
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General Chairs:
Erol Gelenbe, IITIS, Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Jie Liu, Microsoft Research

Workshop and Poster Chair:
David Bermbach, TU Berlin, Germany

Publicity Chairs:
Valeria Cardellini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Stefano Forti, University of Pisa, Italy

Please contact the Poster Chair for any questions/clarifications.